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DAMN WITH FAINT PRAISE

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Literature

Damn with Faint Praise To praise with such a voice and in such measured terms as to show plainly secret disapproval.
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer."
Pope: Epistle to Arbuthnot. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: DAMN WITH FAINT PRAISE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disapprobation

Animadvert upon, reflect upon; glance at; cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon; insinuate, damn with faint praise; "hint a fault and hesitate dislike"; not to be able to say much for.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Anagrams: DAMN WITH FAINT PRAISE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-f-h-i-i-i-m-n-n-p-r-s-t-t-w"

-5 letters: antiapartheids.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DAMN WITH FAINT PRAISE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 41 4D 4E      57 49 54 48      46 41 49 4E 54      50 52 41 49 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000001 01001101 01001110 00100000 01010111 01001001 01010100 01001000 00100000 01000110 01000001 01001001 01001110 01010100 00100000 01010000 01010010 01000001 01001001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#65 &#77 &#78 &#32 &#87 &#73 &#84 &#72 &#32 &#70 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#80 &#82 &#65 &#73 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0041 004D 004E      0057 0049 0054 0048      0046 0041 0049 004E 0054      0050 0052 0041 0049 0053 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38354748257435442240354348542505235435339

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